Mary Macaluso

Born March 16, 1915, in Carbon Hill, Ill., Mary was a daughter of the late Martin and Anna Smreker-Korelc. She was raised in Carbon Hill and, on Nov. 1, 1941, Mary married Joseph A. “Pep” Macaluso in Assumption Catholic Church in Coal City.

Mary was a member of the Slovenian Society, the VFW Women’s Auxiliary and owned and operated Pep’s Home Liquor Store from 1961 to 1980. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and quilting.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and seven brothers and sisters, Ann Perry, Martin Korelc, Francis Berta, Ursula Hazelton, John Korelc, Melvin Korelc and Jen Olden.

Visitation and video tribute will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Reeves Funeral Home, 75 North Broadway (one block north of Illinois 113) in Coal City. Funeral services will follow at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, 245 South Kankakee St., Coal City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated, with the very Rev. Joseph Tapella and the Rev. Robert Noesen officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wilmington.